At GitLab we indeed have an importer for GitHub issues (so you can import repos, pull requests and wikis in one go). But issues in a git repo would be awesome.

At GitLab we indeed have an importer for GitHub issues (so you can import repos, pull requests and wikis in one go). But issues in a git repo would be awesome. My thoughts on this are in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/4084 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/4084